On Saturday May 7th, Yokohama F. Marinos will play host to Nagoya Grampus in a clash of these two extremely mismatched J-League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Yokohama F. Marinos recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Kashima Antlers. Anderson Lopes struck first for Yokohama F. Marinos in the 82nd minute on a feed from Katsuya Nagato, then Takuma Nishimura added another in the 89th minute In the end, Kashima Antlers couldn’t muster any offence and Yokohama F. Marinos ran away with the shutout win. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Yokohama F. Marinos should be reasonably happy with their performance, while nagoya Grampus sits at 13th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Kyoto Sanga. Mateus scored the first goal for Nagoya Grampus in the 35th minute, then Utaka tied it up for Kyoto Sanga in the 40th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Kyoto Sanga. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece. For Yokohama F. Marinos, their top scorers are Takuma Nishimura and Anderson Lopes, each having 2 goals in their last five matches.